There are two questions that you have to ask yourself when dealing with priorities. 1) What am I going to do everyday to make sure I tackle my priorities and 2) What in my life is keeping me from focusing on my priorities.
The problem is to many people look as their priorities as chores, and chores is something that we all hate to do! Start viewing you priorities as blessings, be grateful that you are receiving a house note,car note, day care bill, etc. That means you have a roof over your head, a car to drive, and kids to love! Plenty of people in this world don’t have the privilege of having priorities like that! Don’t complain, give thanks! Most of the time priorities become a burden because our little friend procrastination comes into play. Stop! Stop! Stop! putting things off because when you do that your priorities become a problem! Now that bill is double because you forgot to pay it, now those dishes are all over the sink because you didn’t want to wash them days before! Make your life less stressful, the funny thing is most of our stress is self- afflicted because when don’t “Eat our live frog”! Your “live frog” is your main priority, the hardest/biggest task of your day. The reason they call it a “live frog” because nothing can be worse than eating a live frog, so anything after that seems like a less challenging task!
So what or who is keeping you from priorities. You should always have principles in life, and never break those principles for anyone! Always stand for what you stand for, even if you have to stand alone. In saying that, your friends should never put you in a position where you have to choose between them and getting you priorities taking care of. It they cant accept that you have responsibilities and things you have to take care of, NEWS FLASH that’s not a friend. A true friend will always wont you to take care of you first.
Is your lifestyle keeping you away from your priorities? Staying up all night, buying things you cant afford, now your to lazy to get up, cant get anything accomplished and you spent all your bill money! “Don’t live the Life to let yourself down” or “don’t have champagne taste with cool-aide money” meaning don’t live beyond your means to impress people and behind the scenes you are suffering! Understand if you take care of your priorities everything else will take care of itself.
In closing, your main priority should be GOD, because he will make everything else so easy in your life! Focus on him, and watch how smooth the water will get!
-Trent Shelton
